He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus
He actually made a couple of random male side characters in Wheel of Time gay, for no apparent reason. I remember being annoyed about it. Jordan made tons of references to lesbian sex, the old perv, but he never mentioned male homosexuality, and none of Sanderson's "so-and-so prefers men" additions had any plot relevance, so it really seemed like a virtue signal.
But even the pillow friends and stuff wasn’t relevant to the plot. I remember the gay side characters when I was reading and thinking why was it relevant. The showrunner said there would be lots of lgbt representation when he first talked about it and I was thinking did this guy even read the books because why would that be your focus